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William Robertson[1]

Male 1728 - 1796  (67 years)


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  • Name William Robertson 
    Birth 21 Jul 1728  Spynie, Morayshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Arrival 1747  Martinique, Outre-mer, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 1790  , Nelson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Death Jul 1796  , Nelson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I26207  Master
    Last Modified 11 Feb 2016 

    Family 1 Frances Ann Nelson,   b. 1729, , Fauquier, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1759 (Age 30 years) 
    Marriage 1750  , Fauquier, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. John Robertson,   b. 22 May 1753, , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1813, , Nelson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
    Family ID F6698  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2016 

    Family 2 Mary Hardin,   b. 4 Oct 1741, , Prince William, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1811, , , Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 28 Aug 1785  , Lincoln, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F6697  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2016 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 Jul 1728 - Spynie, Morayshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - 1747 - Martinique, Outre-mer, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1750 - , Fauquier, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 28 Aug 1785 - , Lincoln, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1790 - , Nelson, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Jul 1796 - , Nelson, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • There is a William Robertson, a weaver who was expelled from Scotland and transported from
      Liverpool to the Leeward Islands aboard the Veteran on May 5, 1747. This William was a Jacobite in
      Lord Lewis Gordon's regiment during the battle of Culloden. He is listed as being from Spinei,
      Morayshire, Scotland. William was liberated by a French privateer and landed on Martinique June
      1747. This is probably our William Robertson.
    • [Will of William Robertson, Nelson County, Kentucky, proved July 12 th, 1796.]

      In the name of God Amen. I William Robertson of Nelson County in this State of Kentucky being of sound memory have thought proper to make and ordain this my last will and Testament in manner following. first I recommend m Soul to Almighty God who gave it and my body to be buried in Christian like manner and as for my worldly Estates I leave as follows:
      Item. I give to my Wife Mary Robertson Five pounds & full liberty to take that part of her Estate in my care with controul consisting of five negroes (viz) Sarah & four of her children a Feather bed & furniture and a Sorrel mare saddle and bridle.
      Item. I Devise to my son John Robertson Eight hundred acres of land to include the plantations whereupon he and I now lives also Two negroes (viz) Ben & George together with a waggon and team to him and his heirs forever Likewise sixty pounds to inable him to pay a debt due to William Reid of Scotland from me. Item. I Devise to my Daughter Elizabeth James Two hundred acres of land whereon she and her husband Joseph James now lives, also three negroes (viz) Sam Leah & George that is now in her possession to her & hers forever.
      All the rest and residue of my Estate I leave to be Equally divided between my two children John & Elizabeth.
      Lastly my desire is that my son John Robertson & son in law Joseph James act a Executors in this my last will & Testament. In Testimony whereof I have hereinto set my hand & Seal this fourteenth day of March 1796.
      Signed Sealed & acknowledged Wm. Robertson [Seal]
      In presence of
      Thomas Wilkerson, Jn. Conway
      Betsey Conway At a County Court held for Nelson Court on Tuesday the 12 th day of July 1796. This Last will and Testament of William Robertson deceased was proved by the Oaths of John Conway and Betsey Conway subscribing witnesses thereto, and sworn to by John Robertson and Joseph James the Executors therein named and ordered to be recorded.

      Teste Ben Grayson, C.C.

      [This transcription of the original will on file in Nelson County, Will Book A, Page 294, was typed by H. Edgar Hill, 11/30/1996. It was typed as closely to the original as possible, including spelling mistakes.]

  • Sources 
    1. [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=85270036&pid=66

    2. [S747] Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc), Place: Martinique; Year: 1747; Page Number: 188.

    3. [S784] Ancestry.com, Kentucky, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1787-1890, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).

    4. [S32] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.), Source number: 1546.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: PKS.